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High Resolution Phonon-assisted Quasi-resonance Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Published on: June 28, 2016
Phonon spectrum, electron spin-lattice relaxation and spin-phonon coupling of Cu2+ ions in BaF2 crystal
Stanislaw K Hoffmann1, Stefan Lijewski1
1Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179 Poznan, Poland.
Abstract:
Electron spin-lattice relaxation rate is determined by electron spin echo method in temperature range 4-60K. The Raman relaxation processes dominate and its theory is outlined in a form suitable for calculations of relaxation rate using real phonon spectrum. A few approximations have been considered: when phonon spectrum and Debye temperature are not available; when Debye temperature is available but phonon spectrum is not; and when spin-phonon coupling is known. All these approximations use the Debye model of phonons and give a non-satisfactory description the temperature dependence of the relaxation rate. A perfect description of experimental results is obtained when real phonon spectrum is considered. The value of the spin-phonon coupling parameter was determined as G=〈a|V|b〉=1362cm(-1). This value is discussed by a comparison with G-values published for various ions and crystals.
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